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How to Make Your Business More Eco-Friendly in 2020

  • By Rafiq Masri
  • June 29, 2020
  • How To

Whether your motives are financial, or you are actively trying to be more environmentally conscious in your business, there are plenty of ways to encourage ‘green’ behaviors in the workplace. We’ve taken the liberty of assembling a few of them for your consideration: Reduce Power Consumption This one is pretty basic: make sure that a room’s lights are powered down...

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New Year’s IT Solution: Outsource IT

  • By Rafiq Masri
  • June 29, 2020
  • How To

How does your business handle its IT management? It’s inevitable that your organization will suffer from technology troubles at some point or another, and it might seem like you have little control over it at times. However, the way that you manage your business’s IT can have a considerable effect on how your organization functions on a grand scale. What’s...

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Which is Worse — a Phishing Attack or a Data Breach?

  • By Rafiq Masri
  • June 29, 2020
  • How To

In the realm of cyberattacks, a data breach is perceived as one of, if not the biggest threat that a business can face. They are seen as so dangerous, in fact, that threats like phishing attacks are largely disregarded. However, data from a recent study suggests that this is the opposite of what should happen in a decision maker’s mind....

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Tip of the Week: Lost Internet? Don’t Lose Productivity!

  • By Rafiq Masri
  • June 29, 2020
  • How To

It’s safe to say that most businesses today rely on the Internet, as do most of the humans who work at them. Therefore, when the cable suddenly goes out and their connection is lost, many employees may find themselves struggling with a downtime incident. There can be many causes to a lost Internet connection, with just as many ways to...

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The Right Analogy Makes Hacking Make More Sense

  • By Rafiq Masri
  • June 29, 2020
  • How To

How often have you started to read something you thought may be valuable to you, only to put it down a few moments later, completely lost because of the use of technical language and industry jargon? The IT industry can be especially guilty of this. However, since this is need-to-know information, we’ve decided to go over a few crucial security...

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Coronavirus Anxiety Causing Expanded Phishing Threats

The COVID-19 pandemic has certainly changed the way we do things in a very short period of time. Unfortunately, in times of absolute crisis and anxiety, cybercriminals use it as camouflage to steal data and infiltrate normally-secure networks. Let’s take a look at some of the ways hackers are able to exploit your employees and how you can work to...

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Tip of the Week: Try Microsoft Word Templates

Many people know about Microsoft Word. In fact, it has become effectively synonymous with word processing nowadays. However, fewer likely know about the templates that Microsoft Word offers, and how they can be customized to your particular needs and preferences. This week, our tip is committed to fixing that. If you think that you’ve never used a Microsoft Word template...

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Why VR is No Big Deal (but Also a Huge Deal)

Virtual reality was once the “next big thing.” As predictions for VR were made over the decades, it showed great promise to be a truly ground changing technology for businesses to adopt, especially for remote work. So… what happened? Let’s consider what has happened in terms of VR in the workplace. Empty Promises? The idea of how virtual reality could...

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How to Prevent Office Issues Between Workers of Different Generations

One in four Americans is a millennial, which puts their numbers at over 83 million. This means that the generation with the most people in the United States, all 83 million of them, are of the age where the time has come for them to work for a living. This in turn means that there are more workers from this...

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Distribution Logistics and the IT Needed to Make Them Work Efficiently

The modern business has a lot more to worry about than ever. Businesses that rely on a supply chain - especially those that have a distribution wing - have to be in a position to manage every facet of the process. At one time this process was done entirely by phone, but with software that provides the opportunity to manage...

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